Essays about: "Risk and returns"

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  1. 21. Impact of Inflation on Return and Pricing of Swedish Bank Stocks : A Fama-French Analysis on Monthly Stock Returns and Pricing of Handelsbanken, Swedbank, SEB and Nordea

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Carl Westerberg; Elvin Rolder; [2023]
    Keywords : Asset Pricing Theory; CAPM; Carhart; Fama-French; Fama-Macbeth; Inflation; NII;

    Abstract : This study explores the influence of inflation on the monthly total stock returns and stock pricing of Swedish banks. The research question is systematically examined througha cross sectional and time series analysis, utilizing Fama-French, Carhart, and Fama-Macbeth metodologies. READ MORE

  3. 22. Comply or Die: A Study of ESG Factor Returns and Volatility in the Nordic Countries from 2016 to 2022

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Jean-Philippe Chakbazof; Amitesh Raghav; [2023]
    Keywords : ESG Factor; Nordic Compass; Fama Macbeth; Volatility Management; ESG Portfolio;

    Abstract : Using corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting data from 611 publicly traded firms in the Swedish House of Finance's Nordic Compass database, we estimate stock return and volatility exposures to an ESG factor during the period 2016-2022 in the Nordics. Using a Fama-Macbeth methodology, we find that during this time in the Nordic Countries exposure to an ESG factor is compensated with a risk premium and a volatility reduction in a Fama French 4 Factor model. READ MORE

  4. 23. Robust Portfolio Optimization with Correlation Penalties

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Pelle Nydahl; [2023]
    Keywords : Portfolio Optimization; Portfolio Allocation; Robust Optimization; Correlation; Risk Factor Model; EMA Filtering; Weighted Linear Regression; Portföljoptimering; Portföljallokering; Robust optimering; Korrelation; Riskfaktor-modell; EMA-filtrering; Viktad linjär regression;

    Abstract : Robust portfolio optimization models attempt to address the standard optimization method's high sensitivity to noise in the parameter estimates, by taking an investor's uncertainty about the estimates into account when finding an optimal portfolio. In this thesis, we study robust variations of an extension of the mean-variance problem, where an additional term penalizing the portfolio's correlation with an exogenous return sequence is included in the objective. READ MORE

  5. 24. Socially Responsible and Financially Rewarding: The Relationship Between ESG and Stock Market Returns

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Kristian Eklund; Felix Freiherr von Uslar-Gleichen; [2023]
    Keywords : ESG Performance; ESG Index; Index Returns; Sustainable Finance; Systematic Risk;

    Abstract : We study the link between the ESG-performance of 20 OECD countries and the excess returns of their major stock indices between 2005 and 2015. Our research shows a significant positive relationship between the two metrics. READ MORE

  6. 25. Flight to climate: liquidity commonality in brown equities

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Haiping Yu; [2023]
    Keywords : ESG; ESG Investing; Climate investing; Liquidity Commonality; Systematic Liquidity Risk;

    Abstract : Emerging ESG studies have established a negative equilibrium correlation between ESG factors and stock returns in an economy predominately influenced by investors with nonpecuniary preference over high ESG credentials. However, little research has delved into a potential systematic liquidity risk phenomenon associated with aggregate trading activities of ESG-motivated investors who share a common nonzero ESG preference component in their utility function. READ MORE